News
- Click here to meet our Industry Advisory Board members: our partners in industry who support women in engineering and technology
- Check out the Fall SWE Newsletter to see what SWE has been up to this year
- Did you miss us at Open House? Not to worry, the Women in Engineering Panel Discussion is available to watch for a limited time. Please click here to view the panel. Microsoft Silverlight must be installed for viewing in a browser, or you can watch on your mobile device.
- Congratulations to 2017's Outstanding Woman in Engineering award recipients! The winners were Katie Davis (Computer Science), Kate Cuddington (Architectural Engineering), Kristen Temnyk (Biomedical Engineering), Ashley Kim (Civil Engineering), and Myra Lukens (Software Engineering). Click here to learn more about 2017's Outstanding Women in Engineering.
- Cal Poly SWE received first place in the 2014-2015 Team Tech competition sponsored by Boeing. The title and $5000 prize were announced at SWE's National Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. During the conference, Cal Poly SWE received the Outstanding Collegiate Section Gold Award (for the fifth year in a row!) and the Boeing Multicultural Award. Two Cal Poly SWE alumnae were also honored for their various contributions to engineering.
Did you know?
+ Engineers make a difference!
780 million people lack access to clean water; approximately 1 in 9 people. Every 20 seconds, a child dies from a water-related illness. Lack of sanitation is the world's leading cause of infection.
In December 2015, Cal Poly's Engineers Without Borders sent 17 engineering students abroad to work on several ongoing projects in India, Thailand, Nicaragua, and Malawi. EWB's Thailand team spent three weeks in Thailand performing water quality testing on previously implemented filters and assessing for an energy project.
From left: Kimberly Pugel (ENVE), Michallynn Hoffman (IE), Stefania Beauchamp (SE), Abigail Nial (MATE) showing the water quality trays from the team's previously implemented slow sand filters. The yellow trays are positive for fecal coliforms before the filters and the clear trays are clean from after the filters.
Students taking drinking water samples with some of the kids from the community of Maejantai.
Stefania Beauchamp double checking field notes with one of the boys from Maejantai
Visit EWBThailand's travel blog to see more of what the team has been up to!
Cal Poly Students Create Beach Walker for Local Special Olympic Athlete: These college seniors designed and built a beach walker for an 8 year old athlete with cerebral palsy.
Engineering World Health: "EWH finds innovative solutions to overcome technical challenges impacting health care in developing countries."
+ Many companies recruit from Cal Poly.
Median starting salary: $68,000
Highest starting salary: $125,000
In 2015, 91% of graduates were employed or went to grad school.
Disney: Imagineer That! "Join the talented team that develops and delivers unparalleled creative content to audiences around the world."
+ You CAN change your major.
Almost 90% of CP students didn’t decide to be an engineer until High School.
"Over 30% of our students change majors [successfully.]” –Removing Hurdles Towards Progress to Degree: Curricular, Poly, and Technical Challenges
Contact Information
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Program Director Helene Finger Student Assistant Jessica Wirth |
WEP Office Building 13, Room 216 Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 (805) 756-2350 |
SWE Office Building 197, Room 212 Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 (805) 756-2417 |
San Luis Obispo, California 93407